boo

See also: Boo, bõo, bo'o, böö, and bɔɔ́̄

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Etymology 1

Coined to create a loud and startling sound. Compare Latin boō (“to cry aloud, roar, shout”).

Interjection

boo

1. A loud exclamation intended to scare someone, especially a child. Usually used when one has been hidden from the victim and then suddenly appeared unexpectedly.
2. A word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared. Not said as loudly as in definition 1.
3. An exclamation used by a member or many members of an audience, as at a stage play or sports game, to indicate derision or disapproval of what has just occurred.

Derived terms

• peekaboo

Translations

loud exclamation intended to scare someone

• Catalan: bu, ua
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘣 (zh) (bèng), 哇 (zh) (wà), 喲 (zh), 哟 (zh) (yò), 嘿 (zh) (hèi)

• Czech: baf (cs)
• Dutch: boe (nl)
• Finnish: pöö (fi), huu
• French: bouh (fr), hou (fr)
• German: buh (de)
• Greek: μπου (bou)
• Icelandic: bú (is), bö

• Japanese: ばあ (ja) (baa)
• Korean: 부 (ko) (bu)
• Lojban: bu'oi
• Polish: bu (pl)
• Portuguese: bu (pt)
• Romanian: bau (ro)
• Russian: бу (ru) (bu), фу (ru) (fu), шш (ru) (šš)
• Spanish: bu
• Swedish: bu (sv)

word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared

• Finnish: pöö (fi), huu
• German: buh (de)
• Icelandic: bú (is), bö
• Portuguese: bu (pt)

• Romanian: bau (ro)
• Spanish: uuh
• Swedish: bu (sv)

exclamation used by a member of an audience

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 噓 (zh) (xū)

• Dutch: boe (nl)
• Esperanto: hu
• Finnish: buu (fi)
• French: bouh (fr)

• German: buh (de)
• Icelandic: ú (is)
• Portuguese: bu (pt)
• Romanian: huo (ro)
• Swedish: bu (sv)
• Turkish: yuh (tr)

Noun

boo (plural boos)

1. A derisive shout made to indicate disapproval.
   • 2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC^[1]:

     ...Hodgson headed down the tunnel with the boos of fans ringing in his ears after an eighth league defeat of the season...

Translations

derisive shout

• Catalan: esbroncada (ca) f
• Finnish: buuaus
• German: Buhruf (de) m
• Japanese: ブーイング (būingu), ブー (ja) (bū)

• Portuguese: vaia (pt) f, apupo (pt) m
• Russian: ши́канье (ru) n (šíkanʹje), осви́стывание (ru) n (osvístyvanije)
• Spanish: abucheo (es)

Verb

boo (third-person singular simple present boos, present participle booing, simple past and past participle booed)

1. (intransitive) To shout extended boos derisively.

   When he took the podium, the crowd booed.

   • 2004, The New Yorker, 18 Oct 2004

     Nobody booed and nobody clapped

   • 2016 January 23, Phil Dakwes, “Man Utd 0–1 Southampton”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)^[2], BBC Sport:

     Substitute Charlie Austin scored seven minutes into his Southampton debut as a lacklustre Manchester United were booed off at Old Trafford.

2. (transitive) To derisively shout extended boos at.

   The protesters loudly booed the visiting senator.

Antonyms

• cheer

Translations

to shout boos derisively (intransitive)

• Catalan: esbroncar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喝倒彩 (zh) (hèdàocǎi)

• Esperanto: hui
• Finnish: buuata (fi)
• French: huer (fr)
• German: buhen

• Greek: μπου (bou)
• Icelandic: púa
• Japanese: 野次る (やじる, yajiru), ブーイングする (būingu suru)
• Portuguese: vaiar (pt), apupar (pt)
• Russian: ши́кать (ru) impf (šíkatʹ), заши́кать (ru) pf (zašíkatʹ), осви́стывать (ru) impf (osvístyvatʹ), освиста́ть (ru) pf (osvistátʹ)
• Spanish: abuchear (es)
• Swedish: bua

to shout boos at (transitive)

• Finnish: buuata (fi)
• German: ausbuhen
• Icelandic: púa út

• Russian: осви́стывать (ru) impf (osvístyvatʹ), освиста́ть (ru) pf (osvistátʹ)
• Swedish: bua ut

Etymology 2

From beau.

Noun

boo (plural boos)

1. (US, African American Vernacular, slang) A close acquaintance or significant other.

Further reading

• boo at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• OBO, OOB, OoB, o/b/o

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French

Noun

boo m (uncountable)

1. (linguistics) Boo

Synonyms

• boko

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Kawaiisu

Noun

boo

1. water

References

• Kroeber, Shoshonean Dialects of California, in University of California Publications: American archaeology and ethnology, volume 4, page 81

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Latin

Etymology

From bōs +‎ -ō.

Alternative forms

• bovō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.oː/, [ˈbɔ.oː]

Verb

boō (present infinitive boāre, perfect active boāvī, supine boātum); first conjugation

1. (intransitive) I cry aloud, bellow, roar; bray.

   sed in prima remansi voce et identidem boavi

   but I stayed stuck on the first syllable and brayed it repeatedly

   • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 7.3

     Et verbum quidem praecedens semel ac saepius inmodice clamitavi, sequens vero nullo pacto disserere potui, sed in prima remansi voce et identidem boavi "Non non", quanquam minia rutunditate pendulas vibrassem labias.

2. (transitive) I call loudly upon; bellow, cry or roar forth.

Inflection

Conjugation of boo (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	boō	boās	boat	boāmus	boātis	boant
	imperfect	boābam	boābās	boābat	boābāmus	boābātis	boābant
	future	boābō	boābis	boābit	boābimus	boābitis	boābunt
	perfect	boāvī	boāvistī	boāvit	boāvimus	boāvistis	boāvērunt, boāvēre
	pluperfect	boāveram	boāverās	boāverat	boāverāmus	boāverātis	boāverant
	future perfect	boāverō	boāveris	boāverit	boāverimus	boāveritis	boāverint
passive	present	boor	boāris, boāre	boātur	boāmur	boāminī	boantur
	imperfect	boābar	boābāris, boābāre	boābātur	boābāmur	boābāminī	boābantur
	future	boābor	boāberis, boābere	boābitur	boābimur	boābiminī	boābuntur
	perfect	boātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	boātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	boātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	boem	boēs	boet	boēmus	boētis	boent
	imperfect	boārem	boārēs	boāret	boārēmus	boārētis	boārent
	perfect	boāverim	boāverīs	boāverit	boāverīmus	boāverītis	boāverint
	pluperfect	boāvissem	boāvissēs	boāvisset	boāvissēmus	boāvissētis	boāvissent
passive	present	boer	boēris, boēre	boētur	boēmur	boēminī	boentur
	imperfect	boārer	boārēris, boārēre	boārētur	boārēmur	boārēminī	boārentur
	perfect	boātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	boātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	boā	—	—	boāte	—
	future	—	boātō	boātō	—	boātōte	boantō
passive	present	—	boāre	—	—	boāminī	—
	future	—	boātor	boātor	—	—	boantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		boāre	boāvisse	boātūrus esse	boārī	boātus esse	boātum īrī
participles		boāns	—	boātūrus	—	boātus	boandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		boāre	boandī	boandō	boandum	boātum	boātū

Synonyms

• (bellow, roar): īnfremō, mūgiō, rudō

Derived terms

• boātiō
• boātus
• reboō

References

• boo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• boo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Scots

Etymology

From Middle English buwen, buȝen, from Old English būgan, from Proto-Germanic *beuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūgʰ- (“to bend”). Cognate with English bow, Dutch buigen, German biegen, Danish bue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buː/

Verb

boo (third-person singular present booes, present participle booin, past boo'd, past participle boo'd)

1. To bow, to stoop.
2. To bend, to curve.
3. To make something bend or curve.

Noun

boo (plural boos)

1. (greeting): A bow.